Atraktoprion, Kielan Jaworowska, 1962

Szaniawski, Hubert & Drygant, Daniel, 2014, Early Devonian scolecodonts from Podolia, Ukraine, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (4), pp. 967-983 : 980

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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.2012.0120

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Atraktoprion
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Atraktoprion View in CoL ? sp. A

Fig. 8I.

Material. —One left MI ( ZPAL Sc.8/5.4), sample S.Vy.3, from the upper part of Chortkiv Horizon, section 71, Middle Lochkovian, Podolia.

Description. —Jaw strongly elongated. Hook extending for about half of the jaw length. Inner margin provided with 10 denticles. Outer margin oval. Posterior margin short, directed postero-medially, slightly concave in the middle part.

Remarks. —The jaw differs from corresponding element of Atraktoprion podolicus nov. sp. mainly by being more elongated and having much longer hook. It is not certain if the jaw belong to the genus Atraktoprion or to Skalenoprion .

ZPAL

Zoological Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences

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